REMINDER: MAKE will have a booth @ the Greener Gadgets conferece – February 1, 2008 New York City. MAKE readers get a 25% discount (use code MAKE25discount) – On February 1st, 2008 in New York City industry leaders, entrepreneurs, journalists, and designers will gather to discuss the business case for the greening of the consumer […]
Artist Virginia Fleck has an incredible portfolio of work made from plastic bags. Thanks Dan! – Link. Related: Plastic Bag Crafts – Link. Crochet Necklace from Recycled Plastic Bags – Link. Plastic Bag Tiaras – Link. Plastic bag fabric – Link. HOW TO – Welding plastic bags – Link.
MAKE pal Jake von Slatt gives us a video tour of his refurbished Thomas school bus, with much of the interior materials scrounged from the dump or scored through Freecycle or Craigslist. Bus Tour – Link
The “Solar Ark” by Sanyo is a 630 kW solar energy-collecting building built using over 5,000 solar panel rejects that were rescued from the scrap pile. Located in Gifu, Japan, the Solar Ark generates over 500,000 kWh of energy per year and it features more than 75,000 red, green and blue computer-controlled LEDs lit up […]
The Voltaic “Generator” solar panel laptop bag can generate up to 14.7 watts, not bad! – [via] Link.
Here’s a good follow up to our last post about consumption (Artist Chris Jordan) – The NY Times on where cell phones go when they die… Americans threw out just shy of three million tons of household electronics in 2006. This so-called e-waste is the fastest-growing part of the municipal waste stream and, depending on […]
A different kind of wall clock. Autodesk Labs Sun Dial for a Green Clock – [via] Link
